EC-Council · Official Blueprint · Last reviewed May 2026
The official EC-Council CND exam covers 8 domains. The vendor does not publish percentage weights for these domains — treat each as an equal part of the exam blueprint.
Covers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Enterprise Cloud Virtual And Wireless Network Protection domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Enterprise Cloud Virtual And Wireless Network Protection questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Network Security Controls Protocols And Devices domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Network Security Controls Protocols And Devices questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Network Defense Management domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Network Defense Management questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Incident Detection Response And Threat Prediction domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Incident Detection Response And Threat Prediction questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Network Attacks And Defense Strategies domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Network Attacks And Defense Strategies questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Application And Data Protection domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Application And Data Protection questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Endpoint Protection domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Endpoint Protection questionsCovers the topics, concepts, and applied skills examined under the Network Perimeter Protection domain. Study the official exam objectives and practise questions in this area to build confidence and accuracy before your exam.
Practice Network Perimeter Protection questionsThe vendor does not currently publish percentage weights for these domains, so Courseiva does not rank them by weight.
Work through each domain systematically — cover fundamentals first, then applied and scenario-based topics.
Never skip a domain regardless of perceived importance. Full coverage is required to pass.
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